I know you have been getting a lot of heat for your new video, "Anaconda." I cannot begin to imagine what or how you are feeling, but I do want you to know that we, here at God Over Porn, are praying for you.
I personally have not heard or watched your song, "Anaconda," and to be honest I won't, however recently you said in an interview on ABC News:
I wanted to reinstate something, because of the shift in pop culture, even hip-hop men are really glorifying the less curvy body. | That kinda concerned me, because growing up as a curvy girl, it was almost always the first thing guys seen on me and they liked it. Growing up not knowing my worth, my value, or my identity I embraced that attention and accepted. It affirmed me somehow. Like I said, I didn't watch your video or listen to your songs. |
Nicki, I don't know if anyone has told you lately. But you are beautiful. You are fearfully and wonderfully made. Not because of your curves. Not because of your music. You are beautiful, because you were created in the image of Jesus. You were created to admire, and glorify Christ, not to have your body glorified.
I bet if we sat down and talked we would have a lot in common. I once used my body to my advantage when it came to men, and let's face it I had a little bit of a rebellious streak as well. You said in that same ABC News interview you wanted "to push the envelope."
All of that was due to a more deep-rooted issue. I was searching for acceptance. I was searching for attention. I was searching for love. I sought out men who were drug dealers and gang members, yet I always came up feeling emptier.
You see Nicki, the kind of love I was looking for was a love that was unconditional. A love that accepted me for who I was, but loved me too much to let me stay that way. A love that would take all of my pain away and heal my broken heart piece-by-piece. A love that would die for me.
I found that love at the cross.
I know you are aware of that love, because you are blessed to have a praying mother. I also know that you have claimed to be a Christian yourself. I am not here to judge your walk with God, but I do want to say that you have an amazing platform that God has given you. Yes, God gave it to you.
You have the chance to let women know their worth and value doesn't come from men, money, sex, or fame--but it is found in Jesus alone!
I am sorry that you were told that sex sells, and I am sorry that we live in a world where sex sells. Your video, "Anaconda" is now considered Soft Porn for cable T.V. and it is pretty obvious that our ministry is against porn. I wanted to share some facts with you:
Did you know that pornography is linked to sex trafficking?
Porn users often seek to act out what they have viewed in pornography. Additionally, Porn users demand a constant stream of new, increasingly violent and fetishized content. In order to keep up with this demand, more women and children become prostituted and trafficked.*
Porn destroys lives, families, and marriages every year, I know because porn almost destroyed my marriage.
I am sure you weren't aware of this so as your friend, I wanted to let you know.
I want to end this letter by telling you that I love you. And more importantly Jesus loves you. If I was in front of you now I would tell you that your backside doesn't define you. Your Creator does. You don't have to dress half naked and show your body to the world to be accepted. Jesus loves you for who you are and has a greater purpose for you. You have the ability to let young girls all over the world know that they don't have to sleep with any guy that gives them attention, but rather wait for a man that will love them- not for who they are but Whose they are.
Nicki, don't believe the lie that you have to go to the extremes of borderline Pornography to be heard. You have a voice. You have a platform. You have a gift. And you have the attention of so many women everywhere.
Listen to my heart, when I say that you have a chance to let men everywhere know that women are to be loved, protected, and respected. We are not objects created for their self-gratification. We have purpose. And it is to glorify God in ALL things we do. Not to be glorified.
A man that wants to be with you because of your body, is not a man you want to spend your life with. You want a man that loves your mind, a man that loves your heart for God. More than anything you want a man that loves God, because only then will he know how to truly love you.
My sweet sister, Nicki you deserve so much more than a big dope dealer who has shootouts with the law and lives in a palace that loves your sex appeal. You deserve a man that will love you with everything he has. A man that will protect you and guard you. A man that will get on his knees and bombard Heaven on your behalf.
Now that's real, real, real. . . Love
I am praying for you my sweet friend.
* Source: Pornharms.com